Inspector Gadget
''CSI'''s writers school themselves in forensics. Plus, ''The Daily Show'' spawns parodies, and more
by Lynette Rice (Entertainment Weekly)
TOOL TIME, 'CSI'-STYLE ''CSI'' writers sure know how to party. Writers for CBS' Thursday-night hit spent summer vacation attending a forensics convention in Las Vegas to research nifty new evidence-gathering gizmos. Among the gadgets you may see in Marg Helgenberger's hands next season: a snazzy Super Glue wand to lift those hard-to-reach fingerprints, or a crafty crime-scene scope with a UV-powered light that detects semen in blood. But wait -- there's more! ''One company has a new portable drying closet,'' says writer-producer Josh Berman. ''If you go to a crime scene and find bloodstained sheets, you can hang the sheets up in the closet to dry.'' Another interesting development in the forensics field: Thanks to the grisly drama, there's now a growing crop of William Petersen wannabes in Sin City. ''More people are interested in CSI work than ever before,'' says Berman. The scribe has also come down with forensics fever: He got himself certified by the Association of Firearm and Tool Mark Examiners, an organization whose members can identify what implements were used in murders. Explains Berman: ''They can figure out if someone was stabbed with a screwdriver.'' Gee, that is a handy skill.
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